Qin Lang's face was embarrassed, but seeing my resolute and resolute attitude, he knew that I would not hit the south wall and not look back, so he agreed at the end of the line.

Jinyi Weibei Town Mansion Imperial Prison, known as the darkest and most terrifying place in Jinling City, Jinling people have a quarrel with each other, and give each other a sentence of "send you to the scenery in the Imperial Prison", which is roughly equivalent to the previous life of "Go to die, you", indicating that the Imperial Prison is a place where there is no return.

Qin Lang still carried the fat man's warrant gold medal on his body this time, and he took me into the edict prison after changing into men's clothes, and it was smooth all the way.

At this time, it was already late at night, and only a few candles in the prison emitted some dim light, which became more and more cold and dim, and occasionally the wind passed through the hall, carrying a smell of blood and rancidity, which made people chill from the inside out.

The narrow aisle only allowed one person to pass through, Qin Lang walked in front with the lamp, and I followed behind, in the cold iron fences on both sides, the figures in rags and iron shackles were faintly visible, and the less injured ones lay on the cold ground and fell asleep; He had just been tortured so much that he couldn't stand it, so he wailed and moaned in a deep and shallow voice, which looked particularly desolate in the silent night.

Girl, I also had the audacity to visit the morgue of Yingtianfu at night, but now I think that this Jinyi Guard Prison is a little more terrifying than the morgue full of corpses.

Such a ghost place, even if it is not punished, I am afraid that it will leave some psychological shadows. Thinking about this, I became more and more worried about the little tree, and I felt that this eerie and narrow aisle always had no end.

Nervous in my heart, I unconsciously twisted a pair of hands back and forth around the hem of my clothes, but suddenly I was firmly grasped in the palm of my hand by a hand stretched out in the dark.

I subconsciously shrunk back, but his hand was clenched very tightly, and the warm and slightly sweaty palm gave me a bit of inexplicable steadiness, so I had to let him lead me in the dark, and as he quickened his pace, he finally stopped in front of an iron fence at the end of the corridor.

I felt nervous in my heart, but before I could see the little tree, I saw a tall and stout figure like an iron tower appear in front of me.

"Why did you come back again?" Kang Jinlong, who appeared out of nowhere, glanced at Qin Lang suspiciously, and then saw me behind him, "Miss Leng, don't worry, with me guarding here, Heavenly King Lao Tzu can't move Brother Ling for half a minute." ”

I whispered "Thank you" and walked forward quickly, only to see Xiaoshu leaning on a pile of straw in the corner of the house with his head in his hands, looking at the wisp of light shining in the narrow window, and muttering to himself: "...... They must first afflict their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies......"

This nerd! A low sneer came out of my throat, but the tears in the corners of my eyes slipped down uncontrollably, "Little tree! ”

Hearing my call, a touch of surprise appeared on Xiao Shu's face, and he eagerly got up and wanted to rush over, but his body stiffened, and he grinned and gasped in pain.

My heart suddenly felt like it was being twisted by a big hand, "Are you hurt?" Did they torture you? ”

"It's not a big deal." Xiaoshu straightened up, "When I first came in, I was kicked twice by a beast in the ribs, and I don't know if I broke my ribs." Seeing that my eyes were red and I wanted to cry, I quickly made an indifferent expression, "It doesn't hurt now, it doesn't hurt at all!" If it weren't for these two adults coming in time, I'm afraid that my hands would have turned into honeycomb coal. ”

He deliberately said it lightly, but I was afraid for a while: the head of the hall will be examined, and a splendid article will be abolished......

I glanced at Qin Lang gratefully, but I also understood that time was pressing, so I didn't say anything useless: "During the three days of your examination in the Gongyuan, what strange things happened that people had the opportunity to change your papers?" ”

Xiao Shu pondered for a while: "The examination is a prison for each candidate, with food and accommodation not far from an inch, and each row of prison houses has two prison officers, who are on duty day and night; There were also a number of invigilators, patrolling back and forth between the prison cells, day and night, and it was basically impossible to say that someone had infiltrated and tampered with my papers. ”

"In other words, you haven't been half a step away from the prison in the past three days?"

"Not really, except ...... Out of the gong. Speaking of which, Xiao Shu was a little complaining, "Especially on the second night, Xu is Ah Nuan prepared too much food for me, which was a little rotten, making me run three or four times a night, and even the prison officials were impatient." After that, he hurriedly told me, "Don't tell Ah Nuan about this." ”

"I know." If you let Ah Nuan know, because her food has affected Xiaoshu's exam, and may even cause the consequences of being waiting for an opportunity to tamper with the test paper, with her temperament, even if we don't blame her, she can't spare herself.

"So, maybe when you went to Gongfang, someone sneaked into your prison cell and added reverse words to your test paper?"

"It's possible." Xiaoshu frowned, "But what I'm strange about is that I have a test paper written neatly and there is no gap, how did that person add four words to it?" Unless he first stripped out my original words and replaced them with those four reverse words...... It's just that it's too much work. ”

I understood his doubts: it would only take a while for the little tree to leave the prison cell, and if the man had cut the words and added them, the time would not have allowed. Moreover, if the four words are changed abruptly, the original article will not be smooth, and the grader will not be unable to see it.

Originally, I wanted to say a few more words, but I was reminded by Qin Lang that the time for the prison patrol was approaching, and staying here would only add trouble, so I had to briefly appease Xiaoshu a few words, and repeatedly asked Kang Jinlong to take care of it, and then left step by step.

When I returned home again, it was already white.

Seeing that I looked stunned, Qin Lang didn't say anything more to me, but just told me to rest, and once there was any news, he would definitely come and tell me as soon as possible.

He had been lying in bed for only an hour, and then someone came to visit.

From Li Lei Tieqing's face, it can be seen that what he brought is still not good news.

"The matter of Ling Di, now it is rumored in Jinling City, it is no worse than the female ghost in the past."

As expected, "What did they say?" ”

"The main thing is not to target Brother Ling, but to say that the anti-people thieves can be named to the head of the case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really reckless and blind." After that, he realized that he had lost his words, and looked at me timidly.

Public opinion, again a damn public opinion tactic...... I pounded the table with my fist in hatred.

"Now that Brother Ling is in the hands of Jinyiwei, a vicious and ruthless character like Ji Gang......" Li Lei looked really anxious for me, "Miss Leng, you ...... I always have to ask for the one in the East Palace, and I want to fish out Brother Ling! ”

I couldn't help but sneer: "I don't want to, but now the one in the East Palace, I'm afraid it's also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river." ”

Li Lei punched the wall indignantly: "Then they will be allowed to slander people's reputation and innocence?" ”

The other party is good at fighting public opinion wars...... I smacked my fingertips on the table, and the more I thought about it, the more surprised I became.

In my previous life, I was a master's student majoring in journalism from a famous university, a senior media reporter, and after crossing over, I also gave up my old business and ran the first newspaper of the Ming Dynasty......

I, a senior media person, have been repeatedly suppressed in the war of public opinion?

This! No! Section! Learn!

I made a crisp sound of "click" when my fingertips tapped on the table, the corners of my lips hooked, and my brain instantly cleared.

Playing with public opinion...... Girl, I'll show you what a profession is.

"Little crab!" I called the little crab I had been waiting for a long time, "Give you half an hour, before going to the Tribute Academy, copy me a copy of the list of winners of this examination!" ”

Seeing the strange state of my walking dead one second and returning to the light the next, the worry on Li Lei's face became more and more solemn, and he even raised his hand and touched my forehead.

"I don't have a fever." I slapped his paw impatiently, "Li Zhutou, you should be in Tianfu to investigate the case in Jinling City all the year round to investigate the news, and there should be a lot of informants in the market, right?" ”

"Miss Leng means eyeliner? Yes, it's just ......," he looked at me worriedly, "what are you going to do?" ”

"Since the other party likes to spread rumors, we will compare with them to see whose news is more powerful."

The little crab lived up to expectations at the critical moment, but with a stick of incense, he ran back with a piece of paper and gasping.

I didn't have time to think about the journey from the Leng family to the Gongyuan for more than three miles, whether he was possessed by the Shenxing Taibao this time, so I quickly took the list of winners in his hand, and sat in front of the bookcase to study it carefully.

"Leng Jiashu, the head of the case, is from Jinling; Bangyan Cai Kun, a native of Hangzhou; third place: Huang Ming, a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu; Fourth place Fan Cheng, Shandong ......"

I looked at a list carefully, and by the way, I asked the little crab to sit next to me with a pen and paper, "Help me do the statistics!" ”

The little crab glanced at Li Lei unconsciously, and asked timidly, "Boss, what is statistics?" ”

The corners of my forehead were black, so I grabbed a pen and paper and did it myself.

"Among the top 20 tribute students on the list, 15 students from the south and only 5 students from the north are on the list; Among the top 30 students, there are 23 students from the south; Among the top 50 students, southerners still account for the majority......" I muttered to myself while making a math on the white paper, "Of the 100 students on the list, southerners actually account for 75%!" What a large proportion......"

"Boss, what is a ...... percent?"

Boss, I said that this is not important, the important thing is that "in the hometown of Confucius and Mencius in the Central Plains, there are many fewer students in the north than in the south, so don't the students in the north have any opinions?" ”

Li Lei leaned over and looked at the list, and said very pertinently: "To be honest, these northern and southern people on the list are so mixed and written, if you don't pay attention to it like you, you really can't see anything."

I raised my eyebrows: "Now, I just want the north to see it." In addition, "I used my fingertips to draw a circle on the tenth place in the first class," this Park Youhuan, do you know who he is? "In Jinling City in the Ming Dynasty, I have never seen anyone surnamed Pu, but I have seen a lot of romance dramas in my previous life.